Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-07
The Chicago Wheat Deal.


morning touched S64 cents at the opening.
Liverpool was up penny for spot grain,
and New York was up cent from last
night, more of an advance than was scored
here. There was, of course, selling all
the way up, and big selling; but the con-
sentative fellows so far are all mourners.
The sensational feature of the morning
was the purchase, by Irwin, Green & Co.,
of 100000 bushels of George G. Walker
d Co., in one lot. On this the June option
jumped to SCI cents. There seemed to be
no give at all on this sale, and it was at
once surmised that the two cliques (the
California and Cincinnati Cleveland crowd
had either joined forces or else the bigger
had absorbed the smaller.
Killing Of Supersitiont.
New YORK, May 6th.-Thirteen under
takers will sit together at table and dine
with the Thirteen Club at Morellis on the
evening of May 18th. The dinner will
commem crate the selection for the first
time IN New York of some other day than
Friday for hanging. The club officers say
that when Judge Van Brunt sentenced
Peter Smith to be hanged on Thursday he
did 1t with the purpose, as q Thirteen Club
man, of removing for once a necessary
stigma of superstition from Friday.
Who is the Californian?
WASHINGTON, May 9th. = Especial. /
There is probability that a successor to
Consul-General Walker, of Paris, will soon
be appointed. The chances now seem to
favor the selection of a Californian for this
post. If the office falls to that State at all
1t will be given to man who has not yet
been named.
Arrival of Ex-Irish Constables
New YORK, Nav 6th.-Tbe steamer
Adriatic arrived here to-day. Among her
passengers are the thirteen men who re-
Gently resigned from the Irish constabulary
because they were opposed to assisting in
evicting tenants from their farms.
Baseball Record.
ST. LOUIS, May 6th.-St. Louis 10, Louis
vile 3.
Observation-Disclosures IL, Indianapolis 8.
WAsHINGToN.-Was Washington 10, Phila-
delphia 2.
CHrcAeo-Chicago 8, Pittsburg G.
New YoRK.-New York 3, Boston |.
Observation-Disclosures 6, Baltimores 5.
Carver Wins by One Bird.
NEWARK On. j.. May 6th.-The pigeon
shooting match between DR.. Carver, of
Kansas City, and William Graham, late of
England, was continued this afternoon.
The Monaco Tor short boundary rules gov
erned the shooting. which was at 100 birds
from five traps. Carver won, killing Sc
birds to Graham's So.
The Late Earthquake.
WASHINGTON, May 6th.-The Geological
Survey has taken immediate action to col
lect valuable information regarding the re-
cent earthquakes in Arizona. The plan is
to send letters of inquiry with printed
questions relative to the exact time, the
shocks felt, duration. etc.
Saturday n Half Holiday.
ALBANY IN. ", May 6th.-Governor
Hill to-day signed the bill making Satur-
day half holiday throughout the State.
1t goes into effect on the Dist inst
No Capital Punishment There.
LANSING (Mich), May 6th.-The bill to
adopt capital punishment for murder and
rape was defeated in the Senate by vote
of 10 to 10.
Death of a Former Californian.
New YORK, May 6th.-[Special. while
dressing yesterday Henry L. Douglas had a
fatal attack of apoplexy at his home in
Tarrytown. Douglas was born at Trenton,
Oneida county, in 1926. He tried his for
tune in California in 1851, and for six
years was successful merchant in San
Francisco. In 1868 he built handsome
place, Longview,' on Prospect Hill in
Tarrytown. In 1859 he married Hortense
Pauline Armstrong in New Haven. She
and three children-Archie, Percy and
Catherine-survive him.
Kilrain Challenges Sullivan.
New YORK, May 7th.-[Special. l-Sulli-
van and Kilrain may come together in the
prize ring. Kilrain yesterday authorized
Richard X. Fox to make arrangements for
a championship battle, and to-day Fox will
post $1,000 to make match for Kilrain
against Sullivan for $1,000. Sullivan will
make such match. He has already de-
clared that he will fight any man for a
sum sufficiently large, providing the fight
takes place in Mexico, where there will be
ne danger of arrest or molestation.